[ATM] For beginners "Zoneless Polishing".

[jamoore47]

Hi All!!,
 
One of the things beginners fail to understand completely is, "Zoneless-Polishing is dependent
on two-things,,
 
1.Contact!!, thats rule #1, without good contact of the lap, you are asking
for "Zones"!, there is no hard-fast rule, but I use "for every-minute polishing, I press
for 3-minutes or better!,, to get an I dea of what Im saying,, Look at it this way;
"What produces a Zone??,, Answere: a deformed-lap!!,,.
The problem is I hear alot of beginners ask;
What stroke do I use to get rid of my zones?,,
WRONG QUESTION!!
"A deformed-lap causes Zones PERIOD!!,,
you can change strokes, till your "blue-in-the-face"!, but all you will be doing is
"Moving-zones!", not corecting-them!, until you realise
"LAP-CONTACT" means everything!!! PERIOD!!
 
2.Try as hard as posible to;
A.maintain "room-temperature"[try for a 70-80 dgree-range, and polish within a 
3-5 dgree-differance, if Posible!
B.maintain "hunidity"!, [the faster a lap "dries-up", the quicker it "heats-up" and deformes!],
[what the humidity does is "help distribute the heat in the lap more Evenly!].
 
Remember!;
Only after ,, and ONLY AFTER! you "MAINTAIN" the 
two-above "Factors!,
can you "Think about " changing your "Stroke"!!!
 
unless, you enjoy "moving Zones from one-spot-to-another"!!!
 
Take the "Above" statements as you wish!!,
They worked for me!!,,
but your mileage may vary!,
your "FRIENDLY!" comments are welcome!
 
Above-all!!
Good-luck!, and have FUN!!
 
John Moore.
"addicted to pushing-glass for life"